Texas Football: 3 reasons the Longhorns will dominate Wyoming in Week 3

Texas has too much speed at the skill positions for Wyoming’s secondary to handle

Potentially the biggest mismatch on paper between Wyoming and Texas is the Cowboy secondary against Texas’ skill position weapons. Texas has a ton of speed, elusiveness, and overall athleticism, making up one of the deepest receiving corps in the Power Five this fall.

Led by junior standout receivers Xavier Worthy and Adonai Mitchell, Texas’ wideouts should have a field day against the athletically overmatched Wyoming corners and secondary. Wyoming has yet to face a receiving corps as dangerous as Texas’.

I doubt most of the Wyoming secondary has ever faced a receiving corps as deep and talented as Texas’.

Wyoming fourth-year defensive coordinator Jay Sawvel and Bohl like to play a base 4-3 Tampa 2 defense with a lot of two-high safety look. They play a lot of man and zone coverage, mostly in Cover 1 or Cover 3.

But given that Wyoming sells out to stop the run first on defense, I imagine Texas will have a lot of one-on-one matchups it can attack with its plethora of skill weapons at receiver and tight end. If Wyoming goes one-on-one against Worthy, Mitchell, and/or standout junior tight end JT Sanders, quarterback Quinn Ewers and the Longhorns will make them pay in the passing game.

Wyoming already had issues with a solid receiving corps from Texas Tech in Week 1, allowing nearly 340 receiving yards on 31 completions and three passing touchdowns. Texas’ receiving corps is at a different level than Tech’s, so nothing will get easier for the Wyoming secondary this weekend compared to what they faced in Week 1.